Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Retired Major General Basant Kumar Mahapatra, who had participated in four major wars including the one between India and China in 1965, passed away in the city on Monday....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha bandh called by Congress over rising fuel prices hampered train traffic in the state on Monday. According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) press release, a few...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra on Monday urged  Culture Secretary Raghvendra Singh to withdraw draft heritage bylaws issued by National Monument Authority (NMA) for Ananta Basudev and Brahmeswar temples...

Bhubaneswar: Contrary to the assurance by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Niranjan Patnaik that the six-hour bandh in the state will be peaceful, violence was reported from several places...

Bhubaneswar: A six-hour Odisha bandh called by the Congress over rising fuel prices and other issues was observed on Monday. Here's how the bandh effected life in different parts of...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is soon going to formulate a policy for ensuring quality education in schools. School and Mass Education Department sources said a high school headmaster/headmistress will be...

Nuapada: A leopard skin was seized and two poachers were arrested by a special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch in Nuapada district. The two accused, identified as Seburban...

Nabarangpur: It was a sight that surprised everyone in this town during the Odisha bandh called by Congress on Monday. A Congress worker in the garb of Prime Minister Narendra...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw one death due to COVID-19 and 88 new infections in the last 24 hours. A 74-year-old male patient of Sambalpur district died due to cardiogenic shock, the...

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The Twin Cities presented contrasting pictures in the way Congress activists enforced the Odisha bandh on Monday. While bandh supporters descended to hooliganism, rail roko and road blockades at...